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Yes, pursue is playable

...and is worth 11 points.

Found in the following dictionaries

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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)

"Pursue" Definition

verb-transitive

To be engaged in (a vocation or hobby, for example).
To continue to torment or afflict; haunt: was pursued by the demons of lust and greed.
To court: a lady who was pursued by many suitors.
To follow in an effort to overtake or capture; chase: a fox that was pursued by hounds.
To proceed along the course of; follow: a ship that pursued the southern course.

verb-intransitive

To carry on; continue.
To follow in an effort to overtake or capture; chase.

verb

To in order to overtake, capture, kill, or defeat.
To find or employ measures to obtain or accomplish .
To along .
To engage in .
To follow up or proceed with .

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